The Colas c21.18

c21.18

While Kulōttuṅga was settling his affairs in the south, the kingdom of Vēṅgī in the north was invaded by Yaśaḥkarṇadēva, the Haihaya ruler of Tripurī. In his inscriptions, dating from A.D. 1072-3, this king claims to have easily overcome the strong ruler of the Andhra country and to have propitiated Bhagavān Bhīmēśvara of Drākṣārāma with presents of many costly jewels.⁴³ The Andhra ruler mentioned was no doubt Vijayāditya VII. Yaśaḥkarṇa's inroad does not seem to have had any consequences, military or political, worth mentioning. And there is no proof that it was in any manner connected with the designs of the Western Cāḷukyas or of Vijayāditya VII, as has sometimes been assumed.⁴⁴